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IOR/F/4/2445/134361
- Record Id:
- 041-003701683
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226145
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108389122.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100136867123.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2445/134361
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Establishment. Donation to Mr. Edwards for Extra duties – Vol: 18’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; William Simson, Bombay Civil Auditor; Major David Wilson, previous Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Robertson, previous Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the eighteenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.
The item concerns a request by Hennell that the Government of Bombay temporarily increase the salary of James Edwards, Accountant at the British Residency at Bushire [Bushehr], as he has been taking over some of the duties of Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball while the latter is performing the duties of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]. The item includes earlier testimonies from previous British Residents about the quality of Edwards’s work.
The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002226145
041-003701683 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2445 : Board's Collections Vol 2445 nos 134331 to 134518
IOR/F/4/2445/134361 : ‘Persian Gulf. Establishment. Donation to Mr. Edwards for Extra duties – Vol: 18’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2449]/040-002226145[0018]/041-003701683
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100108389122.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 26 Mar 1830-30 Dec 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 260, and terminates at f 265, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)